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JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
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LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL hekte (2.52 gm). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right, within frame set in square incuse. Bodenstedt 41. HGC 6, 967. NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5.

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What a deal, I picked this one up for about $10k per ounce. image

I do find these pretty interesting, from around 650 BC - 450 BC (the dawn of coinage) it seemed most coinage was electrum, a naturally occurring allow of gold and silver. During the early classic period electrum in Mytilene averaged around 43% gold content.
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  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭
    Nice! Thanks for sharing!
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can easily make out the lion, but cant find the hidden boar head in the picture. To my eye it looks like a rabbit to the lower right, in front of a fallen log.

    Neat coin, I dig the numismatic aspect of PMs, this is the only picture of a coin I've seen today and it's of a type I've never laid eyes on before. Thanks!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a really nice old coin... thanks for the history, and I would say it was a good price to pay as well... Cheers, RickO
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can easily make out the lion, but cant find the hidden boar head in the picture. To my eye it looks like a rabbit to the lower right, in front of a fallen log.

    Neat coin, I dig the numismatic aspect of PMs, this is the only picture of a coin I've seen today and it's of a type I've never laid eyes on before. Thanks! >>



    image The whole thing is boar. Thats his ears & tusks not a bunny!
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL hekte (2.52 gm). Forepart of boar right / Head of roaring lion right, within frame set in square incuse. Bodenstedt 41. HGC 6, 967. NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5.

    image

    What a deal, I picked this one up for about $10k per ounce. image

    I do find these pretty interesting, from around 650 BC - 450 BC (the dawn of coinage) it seemed most coinage was electrum, a naturally occurring allow of gold and silver. During the early classic period electrum in Mytilene averaged around 43% gold content. >>



    Antiquity has it's price. Let's hope it's not on the list of disallowed imports.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool!image
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  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,087 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that a Cecil commemorative? image

    Neat coin with what seems like lots of meat.image
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